📘 Meaning & Usage
～だけ marks limitation: “only,” “just,” or “as much as.” It follows nouns or verbs (dictionary form) to restrict quantity or extent.
💡 Example Sentences
- 水だけ飲みました。
Mizu dake nomimashita.
I drank only water. - 彼だけが知っている。
Kare dake ga shitte iru.
Only he knows. - 見えるだけ見てみよう。
Mieru dake mite miyō.
Let’s see as much as we can.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blanks
- ご飯＿＿＿＿食べました。
- 私＿＿＿＿わかりません。
- 聞こえる＿＿＿＿聞いてみた。
✔ Answers:
- だけ
- だけ
- だけ
2. Translate
- She only eats fruit.
- I only saw a little.
✔ Sample:
- 彼女は果物だけ食べる。
- 少しだけ見た。
📚 Vocabulary
- 水 (みず): water
- 飲む (のむ): to drink
- 彼 (かれ): he
- 知る (しる): to know
- 見る (みる): to see
- 食べる (たべる): to eat
- 果物 (くだもの): fruit
- 聞こえる (きこえる): to be heard
📖 Kanji
- 水: water
- 飲: drink
- 彼: he
- 知: know
- 見: see
- 食: eat
- 果: fruit
- 物: thing
- 聞: hear
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